This Tourist information is created by Japan KYUSHU Tourist for enjoyment of your travel. We are a Travel Agent in Fukuoka specializing in Kyushu. When you have an idea or a plan for traveling in Kyushu, Japan, please contact us by sending an Enquiry.                                                One of the most exciting summer festival in Japan. takes place from July 1 to 15 and is held at Kushida-jinja Shrine in Hakata. There are two kinds of festival floats called Yamakasa.     One is Kazari-yamakasa with 15 meters high, a gorgeously decorated festival float which is decked with elaborate dolls and castles. The other is Kakiyamakasa with 6 meters high, a simply decorated festival float which is made for carrying on the shoulders and used in the Oiyama race.   The festival features the exciting race called Oiyama climaxing on July 15. Teams of men clad in short happi-coats and loincloths dash down the city street at full speed carrying their own one-ton Kakiyamakasa on their shoulders along a 5-kilometer course. A spectacle that must be seen to be believed.     Home  Customized Private tour   Christian Pilgrimage tour　Golf tour   What our Customers have to say       About us   Contact us  Terms and Conditions   Privacy Policy   Staff Blog      

Hakata Gion Yamakasa Festival…の続きを読む

  This Tourist information is created by Japan KYUSHU Tourist for enjoyment of your travel. We are a Travel Agent in Fukuoka specializing in Kyushu. When you have an idea or a plan for traveling in Kyushu, Japan, please contact us by sending an Enquiry.                                                 Make an Enquiry     Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region   The sacred island of Okinoshima, situated between the Japanese archipelago and the Korean peninsula, has long attracted the devotion of the local population in the Munakata region, who possessed advanced nautical skills. Large-scale rituals utilizing an enormous quantity of precious votive offerings were conducted on the island to pray for safe ocean voyages from the 4th to the 9th centuries, a period of more than 500 years during which overseas exchange occurred frequently in East Asia. 　   Ritual sites bearing witness to the successive phases of ancient rituals that chronicle the formation of indigenous beliefs in Japan have survived to the present almost intact, because the island of Okinoshima, as an object of worship, has been protected by established taboos strictly limiting access to the island.     UNESCO World Heritage Sites     Munakata Shrine Hetsu-gu Hetsu-gu is one of the three shrines that comprise Munakata Shrine and enshrines Ichikishimahime-no-Kami, one …

UNESCO World Heritage / Sacred region Mu…の続きを読む